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History of Somalia Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 488 times
- The average score is 10 of 17
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What crime did Somalia become famous for in the 21st century? | Piracy | 94%
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| What other European country colonized the northern 1/4 of Somalia? | United Kingdom | 92%
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| Which European country colonized the southern 3/4 of Somalia? | Italy | 91%
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| What was the state ideology of the Somali government between 1969–1991? | {Commun}ism | 80%
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| What desert animal is thought to have been domesticated in the regionof Somalia sometime around 3000 B.C.? | Camel | 79%
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| What part of Somalia declared independence in May 1991? | Republic of Somaliland | 70%
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| What type of precious metal did the Sultanate of Mogadishu control the trade ofbetween the 9th and 13th centuries in the Indian Ocean? | Gold | 69%
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| What mainly killed 260,000 people in Somalia between 2010–2012? | Famine | 65%
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| What U.S. military helicopter model went "down" over Mogadishu in 1993? | Black Hawk | 61%
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| What island's name was adopted as a corrupted transliteration of the name Mogadishu, by the Venetian explorer Marco Polo? | Madagascar | 56%
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| What Somali-born supermodel married David Bowie in 1992? | Iman | 46%
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| What terrorist jihadist group has been operating in Somalia since 2006? | Al-{Shabaab} | 43%
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| What ancient kingdom around northern Somalia was an essentialtrading partner of ancient Egypt? | Land of {Punt} | 40%
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| What popular movement called for independence from those countries? namesake of Sufi practitioners who whirl | {Dervish} movement | 37%
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| What Somali dictator killed around 100,000 people of the Isaaq clan between 1987–89? his last name is the same word for basic warm-ups in the ballet | Siad {Barre} | 33%
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| What war was also called the "Ethio-Somali War"? named for the region it was mainly fought in | {Ogaden} War | 27%
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| What city in that region is home to the Laas Geel cave formations, which were onlydiscovered in 2002 and is estimated to date circa 20,000 BC years ago? | Hargeisa | 26%
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